Nebo, Illinois
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1930 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Spring Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62355. It stands on Spring Creek. The Survey maps it on the Pleasant Hill East quadrangle. 282 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 486 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresNebo fell from 340 to 282 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 340 | |
| 2020 | 282 | -58 (-17%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 15 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1930 USGS Nebo quadrangle1:62500
- 1934 USGS Nebo quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1934 USGS Nebo quadrangle1:48000
- 1942 USGS Nebo quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Quincy quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Quincy quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1978 USGS Pleasant Hill East quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Jerseyville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
2,746 words on this townshipWith The Colors in Pike County, Illinois, published 1920 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Spring Creek Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Spring Creek Township - 2,746 words.
Fires near this place
4 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Nebo between 2008 and 2014, burning about 245 acres in total. None started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 March 2008 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | SPRING CR. |
| 14 March 2014 | Debris and open burning | 96 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 140046 |
| 14 March 2014 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 140045 |
| 29 January 2014 | Debris and open burning | 140 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 140012 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Nebo: 1 occurrence, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Fire Clay (Refractory), Titanium, Aluminum, Iron, Silica. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Howell Hollow Fire Clay | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Occurrence | ||
| Howell Hollow Fire Clay | Titanium, Aluminum, Iron, Silica | Prospect |
Storms near this place
11 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Nebo in 11 storm reports between 2002 and 2024: 7 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nebo | $5,000 | Thunderstorm winds blew down a power line in Nebo. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nebo | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down several trees, tree limbs, power poles and power lines around town. |
| January 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nebo | - | Downburst winds caused considerable damage to numerous trees and tree limbs from half a mile to 1.5 miles south of Nebo. |
| May 2003 | Hail | Nebo | - | Storm spotters reported 3/4 inch hail south of Nebo. |
| May 2003 | Hail | Nebo | - | Local law enforcement reported 1 inch hail between Nebo and Pearl. |
| April 2024 | Hail | Nebo | - | no account filed |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nebo | - | no account filed |
| March 2012 | Hail | Nebo | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | Nebo | - | no account filed |
| January 2008 | Hail | Nebo | - | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Hail | Nebo | - | no account filed |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pleasant Hill | 4.3 miles | 15 | |
| Straut | 4.5 miles | 12 | |
| Martinsburg | 5.8 miles | 13 | |
| Independence | 6.1 miles | 13 | |
| Old Pearl | 7.6 miles | 12 | |
| Greenpond | 8.7 miles | 12 | |
| Bee Creek | 8.7 miles | 12 | |
| Pearl | 8.8 miles | 12 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Nebo | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q673371 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 414330. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.







